From 7ddf5c80f983e4db099932d2480172dce021f772 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth <seth@sethfreiberg.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:26:09 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor box rendering for better alignment

- Simplified color code placement in box headers
- Improved padding logic for side-by-side display
- Better handling of content padding within boxes
- Deployed and verified on Pi
---
 piNail2/tty_status_display.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/piNail2/tty_status_display.py b/piNail2/tty_status_display.py
index f8128f6..66209cb 100644
--- a/piNail2/tty_status_display.py
+++ b/piNail2/tty_status_display.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class StatusDisplay:
         # Draw separate boxes for each nail side-by-side
         lines.append("{}┌──────────────────────────┐  ┌──────────────────────────┐{}".format(
             Colors.CYAN, Colors.RESET))
-        lines.append("{}│  {}NAIL 1{}                  │  │  {}NAIL 2{}                  │{}".format(
+        lines.append("{}│ {}NAIL 1{:<17}│  │ {}NAIL 2{:<17}│{}".format(
             Colors.CYAN,
             Colors.BRIGHT_RED + Colors.BOLD,
             Colors.CYAN,
@@ -282,9 +282,14 @@ class StatusDisplay:
         
         for n1_line, n2_line in zip(nail1_lines, nail2_lines):
             # Pad lines to 24 chars for each box
-            left = "│ {:<22} │".format(n1_line[:22])
-            right = "│ {:<22} │".format(n2_line[:22])
-            lines.append("{}{}  {}{}".format(left, Colors.CYAN, right, Colors.RESET))
+            n1_padded = "{:<24}".format(n1_line[:24])
+            n2_padded = "{:<24}".format(n2_line[:24])
+            lines.append("{}│ {}  │  │ {}  │{}".format(
+                Colors.CYAN,
+                n1_padded,
+                n2_padded,
+                Colors.RESET
+            ))
         
         # Footer
         lines.append("{}└──────────────────────────┘  └──────────────────────────┘{}".format(